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Καλός

LemmaΚαλός
Citation formΚαλοὶ~λιμένες, Καλῶν~λιμένων, οἱ
Part of speechadjective
Glossbeautiful, good, worthy
Strong’sG2570
Transliterationkalós
Definitionproperly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from , which is properly intrinsic)
KJV glosses:--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
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